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it is, in fact, not only functioning like a religion but actually is a religion. the establishment of the federal government had to violate the first amendment. that is what worshiping the state does. a much longer argumentum we could have today, so on providing a quick overview. so we can ask that question, is secularism, liberal secularism a kind of religion? that is a strong point, but it is not one that i am the first one to make. if you look at the work among others and most famously error clubland, the 19th century and 20th-century political religions like communism, nazism, we find that one of the most interesting effects of secularization in the west is that the secular state very soon became an object of worship. here i love to bring in a quote by g. k. chesterton. once abolished god and the government becomes the god. people do not believe in something beyond the world. there will worship the world. above all there will worship the strongest thing in the world. now, the strong this thing in the world now is the modern secular state which is why it has be
it is, in fact, not only functioning like a religion but actually is a religion. the establishment of the federal government had to violate the first amendment. that is what worshiping the state does. a much longer argumentum we could have today, so on providing a quick overview. so we can ask that question, is secularism, liberal secularism a kind of religion? that is a strong point, but it is not one that i am the first one to make. if you look at the work among others and most famously error...
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kind of has that religion. other religions, no. educationnk without keepingat circumstance, the religion independent, what advice can you give us? what should we write? we start by saying leadership or authority, but what else can we write, or what should we write so wede the lower court do not meddle much -- too much question mark -- too much? mr. fisher: in terms of theory, i think you're right to be concerned about entanglement. that is why we say the first thing you should write is the same thing he wrote of the beginning of hosanna-tabor, which is that to the extent -- can be gleaned from objective factors, that is where courts ought to look. the designations that religions themselves make. when that is not a conclusive answer, we can look at functions but we have to be very careful when we do and that ought not drive the analysis. think in the entire first half of the argument i ever heard a meaningful definition of what's important religious function is. i respectfully submit you will have impossible entanglement problems. t
kind of has that religion. other religions, no. educationnk without keepingat circumstance, the religion independent, what advice can you give us? what should we write? we start by saying leadership or authority, but what else can we write, or what should we write so wede the lower court do not meddle much -- too much question mark -- too much? mr. fisher: in terms of theory, i think you're right to be concerned about entanglement. that is why we say the first thing you should write is the same...
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what does it matter if liberalism is in fact a religion or at least functions like a religion? because it functions like one and in fact is a religion than christians and other opponents of the agenda of liberalism can litigate to disestablish it as a state imposed world view. i mean to propose this quite seriously as a new and effective strategy. christians and other like-minded folks can turn the tables on liberal secularism by actively bringing cases to disestablish it as the state imposed world view. in education, the federal agencies, even in the courts. the success of this kind of endeavor will depend on a well developed argument showing that liberalism is in fact not only functioning like a religion but actually is a religion so that its establishment by the federal government violates the first amendment. that is what worshiping the state does in a rather long her argument and we can have today so i am providing a quick and overview. so we can ask that question is secularism, liberal secular is a much kind of religion? that is a strong claim but it is not one that i am
what does it matter if liberalism is in fact a religion or at least functions like a religion? because it functions like one and in fact is a religion than christians and other opponents of the agenda of liberalism can litigate to disestablish it as a state imposed world view. i mean to propose this quite seriously as a new and effective strategy. christians and other like-minded folks can turn the tables on liberal secularism by actively bringing cases to disestablish it as the state imposed...
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>> animals have no t religion. religion is a human construct. it was an idea just like we have the construct for democracy or we have the construct for building an airplane.li religion is the same thing. he came out at the human rain. >> understood. professor burge.nt >> anthropologist would say -- you have a familial relationship with them but one societies became larger and more organized baby people got to 150 or 200 you didn't know everyone but you are a people group and you had to have ananrn external controlo keep you from stealing and murderings. and doing those things. essentially god was created in those societies to create a sense of external control and eternal punishment for doing things like stealing. it was a way to encourage prosocial behavior and it was an essential part. what they would also argue as government got larger and more likely to enforce and more capable enforcing rules that we don't need god anymore because punishment doesn't come from god comes from the state. if you steal or murder you are tried and convicted in a
>> animals have no t religion. religion is a human construct. it was an idea just like we have the construct for democracy or we have the construct for building an airplane.li religion is the same thing. he came out at the human rain. >> understood. professor burge.nt >> anthropologist would say -- you have a familial relationship with them but one societies became larger and more organized baby people got to 150 or 200 you didn't know everyone but you are a people group and...
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that is what religion -- that's how religion is travel. so i can imagine what a travel agency might be like that is probably studied religion. it's a good suggestion like many of my suggestions. really what you had to ikea pseudo-medieval christianity is the set of priests and discuss the state of your soul on the priesthood tai chi to a destination. you literally have a map or book of destinations around europe and your inner life and outer destination would be matched. funny they are because again is religions understand often that uses getting there undermines the capacity of the journey to affect the change in us. there is a difficulty a metaphor for it and are difficulty so by removing outer difficulties you undermine willingness to an joy and are difficulty to change. >> host: the other thing is people learn to read having led from a clustered industrial to a replication of that. in fact they don't travel at all really. guess that they don't travel at all. and ambitions if we want serious things from their travel. to improve relation
that is what religion -- that's how religion is travel. so i can imagine what a travel agency might be like that is probably studied religion. it's a good suggestion like many of my suggestions. really what you had to ikea pseudo-medieval christianity is the set of priests and discuss the state of your soul on the priesthood tai chi to a destination. you literally have a map or book of destinations around europe and your inner life and outer destination would be matched. funny they are because...
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it is not a dead religion, but it is a dying religion. there are, i would say, maybe 250,000 left in the world. it's a dying religion because it's a religion that you can't convert to, and any religion that you can't convert to eventually dies out. a shame, because it is an important and historic religious tradition. >> host: bev corpswomen tweets in to you, why do religions seem to consistently degrade and persecute well? >> guest: because they are patriarchal institutionings. religions are man made, literally. all religions are manmade. and so when it comes time to interpret a religion, it's going to be interpreted in ways that benefit men. and, again, this is true of all religious traditions. >> host: and, in fact, you write in "no god but god," the origin's evolution, you write: the fact is that for 14 century ies quranic -- and because each one inevitably brings to the quran his own ideology and his own preconceived notions. it should not be surprising to learn that certain verses have most often been read in their most misogynyst in
it is not a dead religion, but it is a dying religion. there are, i would say, maybe 250,000 left in the world. it's a dying religion because it's a religion that you can't convert to, and any religion that you can't convert to eventually dies out. a shame, because it is an important and historic religious tradition. >> host: bev corpswomen tweets in to you, why do religions seem to consistently degrade and persecute well? >> guest: because they are patriarchal institutionings....
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it became our state religion. the title of my book is obviously a little in your face i guess you'd say. it makes a rather outlandish claim so it seems. first it implies that liberals were shipped the state and second that liberalism itself has become a kind of established religion that brings us to an obvious set of questions. is this overblown rhetoric to sell the book? liberalism has become our establish state religion and liberals somehow do in fact worship the state and we can add on top of this one does it matter. what does it matter? let me begin with that last question first. what does it matter if liberalism is in fact a religion or at least functions like a religion? because if it functions like one and it is a religion than christians and other opponents of the agenda of liberalism can litigate to disestablish it as a state imposed a world view as a new and effective strategy christians and other like-minded folks can turn the tables on the liberal secularism by or bringing cases to disestablish at as t
it became our state religion. the title of my book is obviously a little in your face i guess you'd say. it makes a rather outlandish claim so it seems. first it implies that liberals were shipped the state and second that liberalism itself has become a kind of established religion that brings us to an obvious set of questions. is this overblown rhetoric to sell the book? liberalism has become our establish state religion and liberals somehow do in fact worship the state and we can add on top...
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not a religion. this is a destructive effort and i don't know how many times i have to say this but what is the cost of this leadership coverage? >> will be a proposition in leadership, where are the allies? where the liberal democracies who believe in human rights and religious freedom? unless there's a global effort we impose serious cost of this leadership and they will continue with impunity. >> thank you, everett appreciate your response. buddhist value of the preservation of the natural environment is an integral part of their belief system. this is true of others including chinese buddhist and religion practitioners. how should we look at governmental destruction including that by climate change on the religious freedom of these faith traditions? >> some people describe it as a technical desert, earlier targets for ccp's environmental destruction. they still use the calls in the case of tibetan destroying forests and serious water pollution in the tibetan area and the chinese government attemp
not a religion. this is a destructive effort and i don't know how many times i have to say this but what is the cost of this leadership coverage? >> will be a proposition in leadership, where are the allies? where the liberal democracies who believe in human rights and religious freedom? unless there's a global effort we impose serious cost of this leadership and they will continue with impunity. >> thank you, everett appreciate your response. buddhist value of the preservation of...
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teacher of religion, they did teach religion and were held out as teachers of religion. if you ask one of the students, johnny what did you study today? he says religion. from whom? from my teacher who teaches me religion. the teacher was held out as a teacher. what i saw, the other framework was how that is a spiritual leader, that is another matter, that is a lot narrower because a lot of teachers are not held out a spiritual leaders. that might require you to ask was this person described as the only way, like a rabbi is a teacher of religion but also the rabbi is a spiritual -- a narrow definition and that is the definition some people might prefer. i'm not sure justices are prepared to say you have to have a spiritual leadership presence. some religions are not that much into leadership extolling leadership. my understanding is quakers, i don't want to be a spiritual leader, not a leadership type group. i'm just somebody who tries to spread my understanding. is the person being held out as a teacher of religion? that would cover anybody who teaches religion. the per
teacher of religion, they did teach religion and were held out as teachers of religion. if you ask one of the students, johnny what did you study today? he says religion. from whom? from my teacher who teaches me religion. the teacher was held out as a teacher. what i saw, the other framework was how that is a spiritual leader, that is another matter, that is a lot narrower because a lot of teachers are not held out a spiritual leaders. that might require you to ask was this person described as...
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want to talk about religion. we were worried that our response would be very low. especially my co-author who lives in cambridge, massachusetts, where there's like three people who go to church. [laughter] but it turns out that wasn't the case at all. in fact, when we met with the company that did the surveys for us and we explained we're going to do this big survey, and it's going to be on religion, and we mentioned to them, well, we're very concerned about the response rate, they said, oh, don't worry. it's not going to be a problem. we do 90-minute surveys on mutual funds. that's a problem. and it turned out they were right. the response rate we had on our survey was actually very high by the standards of modern polling, and the reason is that most americans -- this may come as a shock in southern california, but i assure you it would not be shocking to an audience in south bend, indiana -- most americans are very comfortable talking about religion. they actually like talking about it. we listened in on a few
want to talk about religion. we were worried that our response would be very low. especially my co-author who lives in cambridge, massachusetts, where there's like three people who go to church. [laughter] but it turns out that wasn't the case at all. in fact, when we met with the company that did the surveys for us and we explained we're going to do this big survey, and it's going to be on religion, and we mentioned to them, well, we're very concerned about the response rate, they said, oh,...
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to you your religion, to me my religion. indeed, as i said earlier, the quran over and over again calls jews and christians part of the uma, part of the larger community, what i refer to as monotheistic pluralism. it validates the torah and the gospels. but you wouldn't believe that, you wouldn't know that if you listen to a lot of muslims talk about kris chaps or jews -- christians or jews. this is the problem with scripture, is that it can mean whatever you want it to mean. why is it that we still pay attention to writings that were composed 5,000 years ago? it's not because they are true, although their truth has very little to do can with the facts that they espouse. it's because they are infinitely malleable. the torah addresses every aspect of the human condition. the same torah that says love your neighbor as yourself also says slaughter every man, woman and child that does not believe in yahweh. the same gospel that says turn the other cheek also says that jesus did not come to preach peace, he came to preach the swo
to you your religion, to me my religion. indeed, as i said earlier, the quran over and over again calls jews and christians part of the uma, part of the larger community, what i refer to as monotheistic pluralism. it validates the torah and the gospels. but you wouldn't believe that, you wouldn't know that if you listen to a lot of muslims talk about kris chaps or jews -- christians or jews. this is the problem with scripture, is that it can mean whatever you want it to mean. why is it that we...
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the exclusion discriminates based on religion like all discrimination based on religion it should be subjected to scrutiny and held unconstitutional unless maine can show it's necessary to achieve a compelling government interest. maine cannot make such a showing and never held that it could. instead it held that there are two kinds of religious discrimination. the bad kind and the good kind. the circuit recognized maine cannot discriminate against schools because they are religious but it held that the state is free to discriminate against schools because they do religious things such as teach were beast receive instruction in the exercise clause there is no basis for it in the free exercise precedent and common sense. religious schools after all teach religion. with soccer or a book club that reads books, yes it is part of what they do. it is also part of what they are. of course religious school teach secular subjects you can call it discrimination based on status and what it will and it is discrimination based on religion and either way it is unconstitutional. i welcome the court
the exclusion discriminates based on religion like all discrimination based on religion it should be subjected to scrutiny and held unconstitutional unless maine can show it's necessary to achieve a compelling government interest. maine cannot make such a showing and never held that it could. instead it held that there are two kinds of religious discrimination. the bad kind and the good kind. the circuit recognized maine cannot discriminate against schools because they are religious but it held...
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elaine pagels, why religion? [applause] >> i'm just going to mention that elaine pagels will be signing her book across the hall. if you want to pick up a copy. [inaudible conversations]
elaine pagels, why religion? [applause] >> i'm just going to mention that elaine pagels will be signing her book across the hall. if you want to pick up a copy. [inaudible conversations]
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, we cannot allow this to happen because attacking one religion in america is attacking all religions. and they are actually robbing america of the greatest legacy of religious scholars and respect for diversity that generations have in this country. therefore, we are going to oppose this in america. they advised the position of the director of shoulder to shoulder with american muslims and anti-muslim bigotry. the office is now under capitol hill -- and this shoulder to shoulder american muslim is bolstered -- so you are welcome to comment discuss how the christians and jews are defending muslim interests or muslim representation in america and they have done a wonderful job. four years growth on this organization in opposing this kind of islam a phobia in america. you must have seen yourself, you are mentioning yourself and let's like anti-muslim bigotry was a respect bull discourse at that time. but these people have ensured that they cannot totally destroyed that kind of anti-muslim sentiment, but it is no more respect to bold discourse. you are living in an environment where is m
, we cannot allow this to happen because attacking one religion in america is attacking all religions. and they are actually robbing america of the greatest legacy of religious scholars and respect for diversity that generations have in this country. therefore, we are going to oppose this in america. they advised the position of the director of shoulder to shoulder with american muslims and anti-muslim bigotry. the office is now under capitol hill -- and this shoulder to shoulder american...
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he knew a lot about religion. absolutely. >> host: you have some sort of specific ideas i want to ask you about, travel agents, and i don't need to list them, but spell some of them out? >> guest: well, one of the things i do in the book is provoke the reader into thinking, look, what i'm telling you is not a set of ideas, but imagine how to tweak and change the world with the help of certain concepts we've been discussing. why do i do that? i think there's sort of an assumption that practice is in one area and books are in the another, and that books shouldn't suggest practices. because i'm writing about religion, which is all about the union of practice and theory, it seemed exciting and interesting to look at that, and so, for example, i'm thinking about perspective and all the major faiths that are interested in the feeling of all, and they realize that if you put somebody in a space where they see how small a human occupies, will be, how small a human being occupies in the vastness of space or time, there wil
he knew a lot about religion. absolutely. >> host: you have some sort of specific ideas i want to ask you about, travel agents, and i don't need to list them, but spell some of them out? >> guest: well, one of the things i do in the book is provoke the reader into thinking, look, what i'm telling you is not a set of ideas, but imagine how to tweak and change the world with the help of certain concepts we've been discussing. why do i do that? i think there's sort of an assumption...
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or for whatever reason are alienated by institutional religion, organized religion or feel it has nothing to offer or may in the case of people who believe in the traditional judeo-christian god have a form of faith, participate as a religion in and of itself. the spiritual but not religious but a broader category and the religiously re/max which is not just the spiritual but not religious, but also people who kick the box with a particular religious tradition whose personal practices are more eclectic and the statistic i like to bring up giving us and how widespread this is 30% of christians believe in reincarnation which is not what one would associate with christian orthodoxy. we are living in an age where the components of religious life, purpose, community, virtual relate to them in a different way, mixing and matching, in their work and a sense in which the end point is we are making our own religion. these and include not just traditional religion but things like wellness culture, political activism, the vast array of modern occultism and witchcraft, wicca is a fast-growing religio
or for whatever reason are alienated by institutional religion, organized religion or feel it has nothing to offer or may in the case of people who believe in the traditional judeo-christian god have a form of faith, participate as a religion in and of itself. the spiritual but not religious but a broader category and the religiously re/max which is not just the spiritual but not religious, but also people who kick the box with a particular religious tradition whose personal practices are more...
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i i e remember seeing kind of these null religions being the religions -- new religions being the religion of the internet where we are not just consumers of content, we are not just readers, but we are also inclined to culturally think of ourselves as can creators, then think of ourselves as people who have or want to have ownership over stories to, in some ways, of course, this hearkens back to various oral traditions as well but with the added sort of dizzying disembodiment of the internet itself where i think that this hunger to create, to be involved, to have ownership in our stories has made us all the more reis the us about the to perhaps orthodox ways or traditionally orthodox ways of experiencing, receiving dogma and doctrine. i think as well our particular capitalist moment is so in the area of personal branding, made us cognizant of a model of our destiny based so heavily on our choices. what we, what news we consume, what papers with we read, what music we listen to, what movies we watch, what we post, what we tweet all create this odd mix -- public/private synthesis. and there
i i e remember seeing kind of these null religions being the religions -- new religions being the religion of the internet where we are not just consumers of content, we are not just readers, but we are also inclined to culturally think of ourselves as can creators, then think of ourselves as people who have or want to have ownership over stories to, in some ways, of course, this hearkens back to various oral traditions as well but with the added sort of dizzying disembodiment of the internet...
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religions die all the time. they don't intentionally died because the divine figures has iit's all over, everybody. go back to your homes. it's all over. [laughter] but it has caused this real conflict in the heart o of tiben buddhism. many are rejecting not just his statement but now rejecting the dalai lama. even you fear they are being led by his younger brother which is so fantastic that it's also a family thing. to me i see things like that and think this is why it's also fascinating. religion isn't just about the things that a person believes. it has these profound social, political and even global aspects to it and part of the reason we do need to be religiously literate and i do the kind of things i do is you can't avoid it, you can't avoid religion, you need to be aware of it because it will help you navigate the craziness that is the world we live in. >> what a wonderful note to end on and i will just say i am a rabbi and i do religion for a living. [laughter] i haven't gotten to talk about god this mu
religions die all the time. they don't intentionally died because the divine figures has iit's all over, everybody. go back to your homes. it's all over. [laughter] but it has caused this real conflict in the heart o of tiben buddhism. many are rejecting not just his statement but now rejecting the dalai lama. even you fear they are being led by his younger brother which is so fantastic that it's also a family thing. to me i see things like that and think this is why it's also fascinating....
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set of fall than the ways in which there was a sort of post religion religion involving a secular your. there was a lot of interest and that sort of thing. at think there is still in a very structured media environment in the traditional media there is this natural urge to go and seek out the authority structure. the authority, leaders, the voices over authority, when they are not there their left scratching their heads a little bit. also, i think there is a sort of ingrained bias against -- and that touched on it with this of the feeling that dobro when the end everything going on the internet, the sort of a new spirituality out there, that it is anti intellectual, that it really does not just find much knew space. there is a bit of that going on. sometimes when i was presenting a program i would be trusted to be a regular news journalist if i was interviewing the archbishop of canterbury, i would be expected to be putting the tough questions to him and would be just to do so, but if there was somebody else there who was a little bit more what do spirituality and was told to go really
set of fall than the ways in which there was a sort of post religion religion involving a secular your. there was a lot of interest and that sort of thing. at think there is still in a very structured media environment in the traditional media there is this natural urge to go and seek out the authority structure. the authority, leaders, the voices over authority, when they are not there their left scratching their heads a little bit. also, i think there is a sort of ingrained bias against --...
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this week acclaimed religion author. and it she argues the formation of every religion involved battles and bloodshed resulting in a permanent bond between war and faith. this program is about an hour. >> i am stunned that you managed to put out one of these books. it seems like every two years. one of the most extraordinary scholarly feats i have ever seen. i don't no no how you do this, but that is another story. i want i want to talk to you about your book because it is, first of all, all, so definitive about violence and religion. secondly, your thesis is interesting. religion may not necessarily be the cause of all violence i wonder i wonder what prompted you to do this book in the first place. >>guest: because i am a writer about religion, though, teachers. the cause of all the major wars in history. it is clearly not true. they were not caused by religion but for secular nationalism. and i think that if we keep on just casting religion and the role of the absolute villain, we are not looking at some of the other f
this week acclaimed religion author. and it she argues the formation of every religion involved battles and bloodshed resulting in a permanent bond between war and faith. this program is about an hour. >> i am stunned that you managed to put out one of these books. it seems like every two years. one of the most extraordinary scholarly feats i have ever seen. i don't no no how you do this, but that is another story. i want i want to talk to you about your book because it is, first of all,...
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protestant christianity is the only form of religion that suits our modern conception of religion as an essentially private quest. but luther's aggression shows shows that there's also been an aggression and secularism too. and we see that particularly in revolutionary france for examp example. when the french during their revolution wanted to get rid of the catholic church which was so intimately entwined with the old aristocratic order that they would bring down, one of the first acts of the new national assembly was to confiscate all church property and put it over to the state and abolish the religious orders. we follow that up a year later with the september massacres when the mobs were let loose in the prisons were a lot of priests were incarcerated and slaughtered them all in a couple of nights. thousands of people were killed and then later that year the revolutionary armies killed probably about a quarter of a thousand people in western france who were protesting against the anti-catholic measures of the regime. so secularism has often been imposed violently and that is part
protestant christianity is the only form of religion that suits our modern conception of religion as an essentially private quest. but luther's aggression shows shows that there's also been an aggression and secularism too. and we see that particularly in revolutionary france for examp example. when the french during their revolution wanted to get rid of the catholic church which was so intimately entwined with the old aristocratic order that they would bring down, one of the first acts of the...
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you had a shift in how people understood religion, how religion relates to the state. right. in politics, you also this, um, this new focus on the relationship of religion and the was under challenge at that time. so had a lot of anxieties and those anxieties go pretty deep in a lot of different directions. and so i was looking at anxieties that came from secular ization, you know, the whole ideology of how religion is not removed from the state but defined in a very different way. well, you talk about in the book about the effort at time to amend the constitution, put language in the constitution to to put christianity into the constitution. yeah. and so and we're talking about 18 between 1870s and up until reed smoot, you had people too who were saying we need to amend the constitution because it's not explicitly christian. and that was a problem to a lot of protestants. they wanted it to be explicitly but lot of protestants were also saying it already is implied. so we don't need to change it. but then you had others who were saying. no, we need to make sure you don't mist
you had a shift in how people understood religion, how religion relates to the state. right. in politics, you also this, um, this new focus on the relationship of religion and the was under challenge at that time. so had a lot of anxieties and those anxieties go pretty deep in a lot of different directions. and so i was looking at anxieties that came from secular ization, you know, the whole ideology of how religion is not removed from the state but defined in a very different way. well, you...
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religion and i., religion plays a part here. it is a general rule, i found the category two-story to be the more interesting on the one where i could add value and that was where the bbc world service came into its own because it takes those longer formats with more airtime to allow the thought of space required to explain issues of identity sectarianism, religion or theology might or might not play a part in the story today. got to make many documentaries on anti-semitism in europe on the dalai lama and exiled tibetans on revolution and reform within islam, u.n. and elsewhere. that is in the year 2000 countless others that give me room to explore, asked the question and suggest one or two tentative answers. my thesis by the need to reform its runtime you ran was a couple of weeks later miserably undermined when many newspaper editors come a couple of whom i interviewed were jailed. even in terms of the news bolton's advocate the second slot on the story, when they give some context to the news piece about it. the domestic news
religion and i., religion plays a part here. it is a general rule, i found the category two-story to be the more interesting on the one where i could add value and that was where the bbc world service came into its own because it takes those longer formats with more airtime to allow the thought of space required to explain issues of identity sectarianism, religion or theology might or might not play a part in the story today. got to make many documentaries on anti-semitism in europe on the...
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, said the protestant christian religion is the established religion of the church. so if you want know within the state, if you're a an entrepreneurial judge appellate court judge and you want to say what an establishment of religion is, turn to the 1778 south carolina constitution and that constitution did some very interesting things. it had five official tenets of faith that all churches had subscribe to if they wanted to be incorporated, is if you can own property unless you got incorporation it prescribed an oath of office from ministers in, a prescribed how ministers are to be selected. it also gave the state a it gives the states authority to establish churches to effectively their members. so as a delegation of state authority to churches, that's an establishment of religion. all right. and i try to capture those improper relationships, institutional churches and state authorities, by the terms establishment and state establishment. so the establishment was designed to prohibit government, prohibit government establishing religious doctrines or regulating in
, said the protestant christian religion is the established religion of the church. so if you want know within the state, if you're a an entrepreneurial judge appellate court judge and you want to say what an establishment of religion is, turn to the 1778 south carolina constitution and that constitution did some very interesting things. it had five official tenets of faith that all churches had subscribe to if they wanted to be incorporated, is if you can own property unless you got...
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what is religion. i guess i'm thinking about empirically about collections of writings, of stories, of ancient creation stories, poems poems rituals prayers, chance, music, that's what i think of when i think of christian and jewish tradition. the huge collection and that's why you can't just say are you a christian someone stood up and asked me raise do you believe jesus is the son of god and i said i wasn't sure what he was getting at. i said what you mean by that. he looked puzzled. and i thought he say are you a member of my club or do you know the secret handshake. >> but people do define themselves as i'm a christian i'm a jew, muslim and that means something very specific to them in terms of what they believe in. do they believe in god or certain practices. >> i'm not claiming to be neutral on that. i find that very familiar. i participate in it and there are many things i love about it and some that i don't. so i feel rooted in that. that matters, particularly the values of it. after her son di
what is religion. i guess i'm thinking about empirically about collections of writings, of stories, of ancient creation stories, poems poems rituals prayers, chance, music, that's what i think of when i think of christian and jewish tradition. the huge collection and that's why you can't just say are you a christian someone stood up and asked me raise do you believe jesus is the son of god and i said i wasn't sure what he was getting at. i said what you mean by that. he looked puzzled. and i...
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it makes no sense unless it's a religion. it doesn't match up to region it makes up to a religion. peter has a man attracted to men and advocate magazine with leading lgbtq ia plus magazines said peter is not day after he spoke at thezi rnc. because he did not represent the gay voice. so now you're starting to see a pattern which then brings us to the doorstep of the third religion that has america chokehold and that is the newest one that looks like it is here to stayit until we do something about it and we will, that is the claimant religion in america that says we have to fight carbon emissions at all costs in the united states while we shipped the same carbon emissions to places like china that supposedly even if you believe in this religion would have embraced nuclear energy which is the post best form of carbon free energy production known to mankind. and yet these people oppose nuclear energy. what is really going on is that the climate religion has about as much of the climate as the spanish inquisition had to do with christ which is to say nothing at all it is about power,
it makes no sense unless it's a religion. it doesn't match up to region it makes up to a religion. peter has a man attracted to men and advocate magazine with leading lgbtq ia plus magazines said peter is not day after he spoke at thezi rnc. because he did not represent the gay voice. so now you're starting to see a pattern which then brings us to the doorstep of the third religion that has america chokehold and that is the newest one that looks like it is here to stayit until we do something...
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phony religion scam religion genuine versus spurious kind of religion and of course, it's worth noting that that kind of division often carries racial. overtones and sometimes far more than overtones. it is often minority communities. let's say father divines. peace mission or the movement led by the african-american minister sweet daddy grace, which are targeted by both. muckraking journalists and politicians and regulators though that does not always hold true again. the mighty i am is a predominantly white movement. and so there is as you said a place where attention to the broader climate of the era becomes important the fears of i am are related to these fears of totalitarianism. lots of people talk about how ballard is becoming a peewee hitler or mystical mussolini or something along those lines. and the last thing i would say is this which relates in part to what professor mayor brought up in your question the idea that in some ways it's often. the marginalized communities it's usually the marginalized communities would compare the brought to this regulation, but there are also
phony religion scam religion genuine versus spurious kind of religion and of course, it's worth noting that that kind of division often carries racial. overtones and sometimes far more than overtones. it is often minority communities. let's say father divines. peace mission or the movement led by the african-american minister sweet daddy grace, which are targeted by both. muckraking journalists and politicians and regulators though that does not always hold true again. the mighty i am is a...
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he behaved deeply in religion but he believed it was personal having religion in the public square and public life was divisive. for history sake he was on the court from 1956 to 1990. he participated in the decisions prohibiting school prayer and was vilified by the catholic church for doing so. he felt strongly enough about his views in those cases to write a separate 50 page conquering opinion in the second school prayer decisions in 1963 in the case and the school district that i was looking that over again today apropos of the question could we ever have an atheist on the court justice brennan in his opinion in 1963 talks about the establishment clause to the conclusion that the government and religion have to have discrete interests which are mutually best served when each avoids a proximity to the other. it is not only the nonbeliever that fears the injection of sectarian doctrines and controversies into the civil quality but it has high degree of is the devout believer that fears the creed which becomes too deeply involved in and dependent upon the government. that was the esse
he behaved deeply in religion but he believed it was personal having religion in the public square and public life was divisive. for history sake he was on the court from 1956 to 1990. he participated in the decisions prohibiting school prayer and was vilified by the catholic church for doing so. he felt strongly enough about his views in those cases to write a separate 50 page conquering opinion in the second school prayer decisions in 1963 in the case and the school district that i was...
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is it religion? which is what parish comedy sketches -- british comedy sketches are usually making fun of. or is it environmental limb, or is it both? or is it not there in the way that comedy actually catches better than philosophy or socialism, they're not catching the denigration of religion overall. i think that joke works for both sides of robert's analysis here. because, you know, robert's first book set me back to something i sort of arrested me once 30 years ago now. it was a special issue of the public interest of 1980 where irving crystal wrote, and i'll quote him, theology has practically ceased to be a respectable form of intellectual activity. now, the context for this was this was a special interest of the public interest about the crisis in economic theory. you know, cast your mind back to 1980. everything wasn't working. the doctrine of economic progress had smashed against the wall, keynesianism didn't work. today our economists, we don't have a lot of stock in them right now, do we?
is it religion? which is what parish comedy sketches -- british comedy sketches are usually making fun of. or is it environmental limb, or is it both? or is it not there in the way that comedy actually catches better than philosophy or socialism, they're not catching the denigration of religion overall. i think that joke works for both sides of robert's analysis here. because, you know, robert's first book set me back to something i sort of arrested me once 30 years ago now. it was a special...
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still being denied scholarships based on religion. if the court had shut down the program because it included muslim schools or african-american schools, there's no question that would be unconstitutional. we ask you to reverse. respondents argue in the alternative that the law allows them to exclude schools and this case falls within the play in joint but that would allow the exception to follow the rule as trinity lutheran made clear, the rule is religious neutrality and lost only a narrow exception. we argue the exceptionthat proves the rule . in trinity lutheran ... >> first questions about article trend these parents are treated no differently than parents of children who are going to receive, to private schools. so where is the harm? where a differential is challenged , the court expecting the state law to level or level down ? so these are the parents of children going to secular private schools, how are you? >> the montana supreme court lacks the necessary predicate for leveling up or leveling down because they got the federal
still being denied scholarships based on religion. if the court had shut down the program because it included muslim schools or african-american schools, there's no question that would be unconstitutional. we ask you to reverse. respondents argue in the alternative that the law allows them to exclude schools and this case falls within the play in joint but that would allow the exception to follow the rule as trinity lutheran made clear, the rule is religious neutrality and lost only a narrow...
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changing the pledge in 1954 was an establishment of authorship of religion because it married religion, being religious, is declared in the pledge to be central to what it means in america and becomes a litmus test for citizenship. the merging of the political and spiritual. the court is saying to be an american, one must be a believer. affirming a religious identity is taken as a sign of being a good american. studies show that large majorities of americans ascend that all good americans have some sort of spiritual life and to be religious is to be un-american. during the debate under god in the first decade of the 20th century, referring to efforts to remove under god from the pledge, a roadside pennsylvania billboard did a young child in the billboard have the printed message, but the young boy singing why do atheists hate america. another in west virginia red anti-god is anti-american. many scholars contend communities achieve solidarity in identity only when they amounted an other who does not share the values of those legitimately within the community a nonbeliever is the other u
changing the pledge in 1954 was an establishment of authorship of religion because it married religion, being religious, is declared in the pledge to be central to what it means in america and becomes a litmus test for citizenship. the merging of the political and spiritual. the court is saying to be an american, one must be a believer. affirming a religious identity is taken as a sign of being a good american. studies show that large majorities of americans ascend that all good americans have...
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elaine pagels, why religion? [applause] >> i'm just going to mention that elaine pagels will be signing her book across the hall. if you want to pick up a copy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv live coverage of the miami book fair. join now we have jonah goldberg. his recent book is suicide of the west. we'll get to the subtitle in just a minute. mr. goldberg, is there a line that you can draw between your three books, liberal fascism, and now suicide of the west?
elaine pagels, why religion? [applause] >> i'm just going to mention that elaine pagels will be signing her book across the hall. if you want to pick up a copy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv live coverage of the miami book fair. join now we have jonah goldberg. his recent book is suicide of the west. we'll get to the subtitle in just a minute. mr. goldberg, is there a line that you can draw between your three books, liberal fascism,...
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to the religion of the states. as of this is a difficult space that mitt romney has to negotiate. and let me just sort of lay out why his mormonism is an issue for him. back in 2008 when he was first running along with some colleagues and of the brigham young university and the university of akron we did a number of experts mass of people and i know it sounds like we brought them in loud and put them with needles and such but all we need is on a survey some people wanted of question and ask other people another type of question and compare the results depending on how we phrase the question in order to in this case determine how people react to learning that mitt romney is either a local leader in his church where we will show you in a few moments in local leader in the mormon church of you interpret this is if it is 00 it means what we told folks made them less likely to vote for romney did these things here and if they cross zero it means we actually have can't say that there was any effect whatsoever it measures
to the religion of the states. as of this is a difficult space that mitt romney has to negotiate. and let me just sort of lay out why his mormonism is an issue for him. back in 2008 when he was first running along with some colleagues and of the brigham young university and the university of akron we did a number of experts mass of people and i know it sounds like we brought them in loud and put them with needles and such but all we need is on a survey some people wanted of question and ask...
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that actually kept original religion, compared with the development right now, kept their religion or developed far superior and better than countries -- america, christianity, islam, put religion into our system, and if you look at hindu. ism, they tend to be more proper, more developed than african. would you comment about it? >> i missed that. what is the name -- [inaudible conversations] >> i believe that religions are a problematic issue. very prom almostattic, but proper religions are tied to cultures and those who are immersed in their own religion means they are culturally tied to their roots and it's only when you're culturally rooted you been culturally creative. and even scientifically. the japanese get their religion, can see how far advanced, in the sciences. the chinese can be a religion still today. they did flirt with a religion called communism for a number of years, but only became capitalists and doing well because basically they are rooted in cultures, and from the cultures you evolve all -- so i agree with you absolutely. and one which i forgot to mention was a --
that actually kept original religion, compared with the development right now, kept their religion or developed far superior and better than countries -- america, christianity, islam, put religion into our system, and if you look at hindu. ism, they tend to be more proper, more developed than african. would you comment about it? >> i missed that. what is the name -- [inaudible conversations] >> i believe that religions are a problematic issue. very prom almostattic, but proper...
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as the bad man religion and the poor man's religion. and there is a sort of -- religion is making a larger claim to you. tell me a little bit about whether it's the argument of the religious geniuses or the question of sincerity is what is at the center of both of those theories. >> guest: i come from a place raised by the agnostic orthodox. it's a slight exaggeration and orthodoxy is a slight exaggeration but more or less, you get the picture. so it made sense. a secular jew saying it's not about what you're pointing to and it's not about the dog out there it's doing these things here so i come from a place that it's all religion saying this is legit and fraudulent but most people are. and so the tight side talking about occur at the intersection of how we tend to think about both prisoners and how we think about religion. and in fact a sort of light motif that is woven through is on the double consciousness that is the experience of being engaged upon the world with contempt and pity so they are the object of contempt and pity. first
as the bad man religion and the poor man's religion. and there is a sort of -- religion is making a larger claim to you. tell me a little bit about whether it's the argument of the religious geniuses or the question of sincerity is what is at the center of both of those theories. >> guest: i come from a place raised by the agnostic orthodox. it's a slight exaggeration and orthodoxy is a slight exaggeration but more or less, you get the picture. so it made sense. a secular jew saying it's...
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atheism is not a religion. they say you say everybody has faith, atheists have faith, you're wrong, atheism is not a faith. it is a non-believe in god. michael shermer says it is non-believe in god, not a religion. i don't believe in the flying spaghetti monster. that is not a religion. i'm not a high priest of the flying spaghetti monster religion. atheism is not a religion so if you say stalin was not an atheist, wrong. you just said atheist is non-believe in god, stalin is an atheist, he is an atheist. pol pot does not believe in god, he is an atheist. all these terrible tyrants were atheists by their own definition and can't wiggle out of it. if you want to look at the consequences of religious belief, the wickedness done by atheists is overwhelming. doesn't mean atheists are bad people. i'm not saying anything about atheists, doctor shermer is a good guy, richard dawkins is probably compassionate and uses money for charitable causes and they can be good people. we are talking on average, the broad scope. >
atheism is not a religion. they say you say everybody has faith, atheists have faith, you're wrong, atheism is not a faith. it is a non-believe in god. michael shermer says it is non-believe in god, not a religion. i don't believe in the flying spaghetti monster. that is not a religion. i'm not a high priest of the flying spaghetti monster religion. atheism is not a religion so if you say stalin was not an atheist, wrong. you just said atheist is non-believe in god, stalin is an atheist, he is...
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and so no religion is perfect. we all have our malcontents and the sooner that we sort of learn to separate these criminals and also see where they are coming from and not just assume it is islam that has them doing this, but they would've been doing these for the last 1500 years, it was that they have a much better record of tolerance and christianity, western christianity at least. it's only in the last hundred years or so as a result of colonialism and the disruption of colonialism that these unfortunate movements have arisen in the vast bulk of muslims are appalled by the events of september 11, as are we. >> we have three final questions. if people wish to contact you, do you have a website? >> the best place to go is compassion.org and you can probably between their. >> okay, we have professor ac grayling who has been part of our series and he wrote a good book in 2011 and it was called an atheistic take on the bible. he said in his interview that he has friends who are high authorities in the church of engla
and so no religion is perfect. we all have our malcontents and the sooner that we sort of learn to separate these criminals and also see where they are coming from and not just assume it is islam that has them doing this, but they would've been doing these for the last 1500 years, it was that they have a much better record of tolerance and christianity, western christianity at least. it's only in the last hundred years or so as a result of colonialism and the disruption of colonialism that...
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is not a religion. that's a religion. so atheism itself is not a religion but if he says stalin wasn't really an atheist then you just said stalin did believe in god. he's dating is. pot. he's an atheist. all of them were atheist by their very definition so if you want to look at the consequences of religious belief the wickedness done by the atheist is overwhelming not saying everyone in the doctor is a good guy. is probably compassionate and they can be good people but were just talking about history. >> throughout your book there is a god that you address the lds church what is that and are you a member cracks. >> yes i appreciate you use the word lds people are not trying to use the term roman that people applied it as an epithet that the book of mormon itself says in the church of jesus christ not the church of a profit by calling the charge of a profit it is the wrong thing. so now we call it the mormon church so it is slightly insulting with a religious precept so why at this moment is it pushing us cracks because
is not a religion. that's a religion. so atheism itself is not a religion but if he says stalin wasn't really an atheist then you just said stalin did believe in god. he's dating is. pot. he's an atheist. all of them were atheist by their very definition so if you want to look at the consequences of religious belief the wickedness done by the atheist is overwhelming not saying everyone in the doctor is a good guy. is probably compassionate and they can be good people but were just talking about...
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men of religion wise either or? you see these trumpeted about. one is are you left or are you right, neither in both their splendid to agree with on the left and on the right. something people here at freedom fest will agree on is do you believe in capitalism or do you want to help the poor, it's a false binary. this-- unfortunately atheists have gone into false binary. do you believe in science or religion and that shows it's a ridiculous formulation. most people don't know that america has gotten more religious as it's got more scientific work john butler at yale, all the great historians of religion have a shown that as science has increased in america religion has increased with it. we are in a dip now the past 20 or years or so we have seen a dip. host: why do you think that is? guest: a couple reasons. one i think 911 did something to a lot of people. i think what made the new atheists embolden, and islamic terrorists per perpetrating these attacks and they say religion causes violence so they started writing
men of religion wise either or? you see these trumpeted about. one is are you left or are you right, neither in both their splendid to agree with on the left and on the right. something people here at freedom fest will agree on is do you believe in capitalism or do you want to help the poor, it's a false binary. this-- unfortunately atheists have gone into false binary. do you believe in science or religion and that shows it's a ridiculous formulation. most people don't know that america has...
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establish a religion. congress couldn't say anything about established religion. so the point is all though madison wanted a national statement about freedom of religion what came out of the congress was the principal be left to the state to decide what their religion policy was. he also tried to get a statement in the constitution that states could violate free exercise of religion, trial by jury or freedom of the first. this too was rejected. people in congress were in favor of clarification of the limits of federal authority but not some new limits on state power in this very at and why was that? they had gotten through a revolution against centralized authority. they had just won revolution on behalf of legislative elections. they were not about to turn around and say five or six years later we want a new model in which we connecticut residents and new yorkers are not going to have control over these questions. madison did not get a version of an establishment clause that he wanted out of first congres
establish a religion. congress couldn't say anything about established religion. so the point is all though madison wanted a national statement about freedom of religion what came out of the congress was the principal be left to the state to decide what their religion policy was. he also tried to get a statement in the constitution that states could violate free exercise of religion, trial by jury or freedom of the first. this too was rejected. people in congress were in favor of clarification...
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all religions are equal. we have shrines of creativity and music and it can make a fascinating reading. including the arguments that go into this. from that point of view, i don't think it's fair to compare and follow your but were other religions because you come from africa. but i think you would be losing something if you did not make a comparative attitude. >> any other questions? >> could you talk more about where the name came from? >> yes. one of the things we are very good at his names. we have the most exciting and fascinating array of names. and if the guns from the traditional languages. when you see names like this, good luck, god's will, blessings, there is one name that i refuse to call them and his name is sweetheart. [laughter] i don't know you, you're not my sweetheart. so many of these names are literal translations and so some ask about what they want to say. and the name was called good luck and heaven knows what happened. but i think that this is an image. >> okay. the gentleman off to ou
all religions are equal. we have shrines of creativity and music and it can make a fascinating reading. including the arguments that go into this. from that point of view, i don't think it's fair to compare and follow your but were other religions because you come from africa. but i think you would be losing something if you did not make a comparative attitude. >> any other questions? >> could you talk more about where the name came from? >> yes. one of the things we are very...
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in the british religion. some kids were killed, brutally killed by some of the militants and the south, but there is absolutely no evidence he had a hand in it. dictators however like to sow fear. that is their main plan. if you do not only organized injustice to do it in the face does international protest, appeals, the dictator wants to ensure that i can do it and therefore i will do it. so that means the rest of you have to take care. if i could do to this when i can do it to the rest of you. it's a principle, the abysmal mindset. the book around situation i should mention has also been compounded by a similar attitude on the part of the task force. he's the kind of eventual attitude which is led to the killing of innocent people in the north and unfortunately, this is some big, which most nations undergo time and time again whenever they are confronted by a terrorist movement because there's no other word, no other way to describe. i don't consider them your religious body at all. and many muslims have ac
in the british religion. some kids were killed, brutally killed by some of the militants and the south, but there is absolutely no evidence he had a hand in it. dictators however like to sow fear. that is their main plan. if you do not only organized injustice to do it in the face does international protest, appeals, the dictator wants to ensure that i can do it and therefore i will do it. so that means the rest of you have to take care. if i could do to this when i can do it to the rest of...
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tara is a columnist at religion news service and the former staff religion reporter at fox.com. she has written on religion and secularism for national geographic, "the washington post," "the new york times" and more and holds a doctorate in theology from of from oxford. she's also the author of the novel "social creature." joining tara to discuss her new book is raz -- ross douthat, author of to change the church, bad religion and privilege and co-author of grand new party. before joining "the new york times," he was a senior editor for the atlantic. he is the film critic for national review, and he cohosts "the new york times"es' weekly op-ed e podcast, the argument. he lives in new haven is -- his wife and three children. without further ado, please join me in welcoming tara and ross. >> thank you so much. thanks to awe of you for joining -- all of you for joining us here in this, you know, exciting virtual experience, this slightly disembodied way of talking about a book that's maybe appropriate to the subject matter. and, tara, thanks for letting me interrogate you about th
tara is a columnist at religion news service and the former staff religion reporter at fox.com. she has written on religion and secularism for national geographic, "the washington post," "the new york times" and more and holds a doctorate in theology from of from oxford. she's also the author of the novel "social creature." joining tara to discuss her new book is raz -- ross douthat, author of to change the church, bad religion and privilege and co-author of grand...
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is it religion? that is what the british comedy sketch usually makes fun of or is it environmentalism or both? or is it not had a different level that catches better than philosophy. if they are not catching the denigration of religion at all the jokes work for both sides, and robert's first book sent me back to -- 30 years ago, it was a special issue of public interests in 1980 with the urban crystal road. theology practically ceased to be a respectable form of intellectual activity. the context of this was it was a special issue about the crisis of economic theory. in 1980 everything wasn't working. and all of the rest of that you might say, the matter turned inside out. we don't have a lot of stock in them right now. the comedy sketch or urban crystals remark his religion is not respectable. one of the things robert explained in several reports including this one is the rise of economics, the deliverer of the idea of progress. and material forces would replace natural or divine law, and providence
is it religion? that is what the british comedy sketch usually makes fun of or is it environmentalism or both? or is it not had a different level that catches better than philosophy. if they are not catching the denigration of religion at all the jokes work for both sides, and robert's first book sent me back to -- 30 years ago, it was a special issue of public interests in 1980 with the urban crystal road. theology practically ceased to be a respectable form of intellectual activity. the...
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of religion. i believe that religious leaders will call for peace in darfur peace and they will not stand in the way of having the cities be a custodianship of religious -- as the three religions. and the leave to the politicians and that is why i'm talking about places of worship or anyone can go win and worship freely, openly. once we move on with this concept, it becomes like every day. it becomes normal. we have to normalize what is not normal today. we have to normalize peace. people now do not think much of peace and moderation. however, we are happy to take that again and make people believe in that. once they do, they don't have to worry about it. they have to worry more about who takes out the trash, much more than the television and we have to defuse the issue by making peace. i don't believe the present situation has a situation which is observing a stethoscope could lead to this. that is why we are looking. what you are so concerned about today. what i am so looking for is tomorrow. i
of religion. i believe that religious leaders will call for peace in darfur peace and they will not stand in the way of having the cities be a custodianship of religious -- as the three religions. and the leave to the politicians and that is why i'm talking about places of worship or anyone can go win and worship freely, openly. once we move on with this concept, it becomes like every day. it becomes normal. we have to normalize what is not normal today. we have to normalize peace. people now...
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so part of respecting religion and staying out of religion is the anti- decisions that churches make about how to structure hierarchy and in whom to put their faith. >> you don't seem to make much out of what i find disturbing if a person could be fired refused to be hired with nothing to do with religion like chemotherapy. >> justice ginsburg don't want to give that impression at all that is the center of the case how the question think aboutt it it's not just that there is an exemption in the statutes but any time a religious employerer wants to hire or fire or take other actions were religious region on - - reasons the statutes let them do that so even then they have the free exercise clause the only place it really matters in the case when it is not acting for religious reasons so as you have said with accounts or treatments on - - cancer treatment because she got too old those is where it matters. stripped of all the labels and makes it morris complicated than it is. it is.e case is to se church . . . . in the submission herey to finish the thought the 300,000 other religious sc
so part of respecting religion and staying out of religion is the anti- decisions that churches make about how to structure hierarchy and in whom to put their faith. >> you don't seem to make much out of what i find disturbing if a person could be fired refused to be hired with nothing to do with religion like chemotherapy. >> justice ginsburg don't want to give that impression at all that is the center of the case how the question think aboutt it it's not just that there is an...
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of religion is. 'most influence will turn to the historical record and particularly drafting record. what can we learn when we read thel historical record of these clauses. in the book i devote a chapter each to the historical record of the establishment clause and free exercise clause. they are admittedly painful chapters and very detailed. they are meant for the lawyers and the judges and i try to go through this historical record as carefully as one can. i think there are new things constitutional historians may find, but the main conclusions i reach after going through everything i f can find on theot historical record is not really a happy one for originalists. i find the historical record doesn't give us a clear public meaning of what an establishment of religion is or the free exercise of religion is. the text is under determined. that poses a difficulty for originalists. if you're supposed to understand the originaly meaning and apply it and there is no clear meaning to define, what do you do
of religion is. 'most influence will turn to the historical record and particularly drafting record. what can we learn when we read thel historical record of these clauses. in the book i devote a chapter each to the historical record of the establishment clause and free exercise clause. they are admittedly painful chapters and very detailed. they are meant for the lawyers and the judges and i try to go through this historical record as carefully as one can. i think there are new things...